Duly Quoted: Zane Caplansky, on Useless and Expensive Permits

“Caplansky’s Deli will NOT be purchasing the most expensive and useless Mobile Food Vending permit in N America when they go on sale … “

-Zane Caplansky, of Caplansky’s Deli, making it clear where he stands on the City’s new mobile food vending permits, 125 of which went on sale today for $5,000 each. There seems to be enthusiasm about the system from some quarters—would-be licence-buyers started lining up at 4 a.m. this morning—but many food truck operators have expressed concerns about restrictions built into the new set of bylaws that they say will prevent the growth of a healthy and thriving food truck scene in Toronto.